COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LANGUAGE AND BIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZGÜN KOŞANER

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students with information about the biological evolution of language, the biological structures used in the production and perception of language, and how these structures develop.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to list the stages of biological evolution of language
2   To be able to explain how the language organs evolved
3   To be able to explain the biological basis of language and thought.
4   To be able to explain the relationship between language and brain
5   To be able to describe the anatomy of speech

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Biolinguistics and its history
2 Other primate species and language
3 Evolutionary development of language
4 Evolutionary development of language
5 Human and Animal Communication, Animal communication systems
6 Biological basis of language: Language and Brain
7 Biological basis of language: Language and Brain
8 Midterm
9 Biological origins of language: Anatomy of speech
10 Gesture to phoneme
11 Biological basis of thought
12 Event-related potentials
13 Reading an article on Biolinguistics
14 Reading an article on Biolinguistics
15 General Review
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Desalles, J.L. (2007). Why we talk: the evolutionary origins of language. Oxford: OUP
2. Jenkin, L. (2000). Biolinguistics: Exploring the biology of language. Cambridge: CUP
3. Cedric Boeckx. 2010. Language in Cognition: Uncovering Mental Structures and the Rules behind Them. Malden, Mass. & Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-2 will be evaluated with a midterm exam and 3-4-5 with a final exam.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. LO 1-2 will be evaluated with a midterm exam and 3-4-5 with a final exam.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aysegul.ozcan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10:00 - 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 156

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.355
LO.45555
LO.55555

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